Molecular Basis of IgE-Mediated Shrimp Allergy and Heat Desensitization
Crustacean allergy, especially to shrimp, is the most predominant cause of seafood allergy. However, due to the high flexibility of immunoglobulin E (IgE), its three-dimensional structure remains unsolved, and the molecular mechanism of shrimp allergen recognition is unknown. Here a chimeric IgE was...
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| author | PeiAo Zhang Jihui Gao Huilian Che Wentong Xue Dong Yang |
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| description | Crustacean allergy, especially to shrimp, is the most predominant cause of seafood allergy. However, due to the high flexibility of immunoglobulin E (IgE), its three-dimensional structure remains unsolved, and the molecular mechanism of shrimp allergen recognition is unknown. Here a chimeric IgE was built in silico, and its variable region in the light chain was replaced with sequences derived from shrimp tropomyosin (TM)-allergic patients. A variety of allergenic peptides from the Chinese shrimp TM were built, treated with heating, and subjected to IgE binding in silico. Amino acid analysis shows that the amino acid residue conservation in shrimp TM contributes to eliciting an IgE-mediated immune response. In the shrimp-allergic IgE, Glu98 in the light chain and other critical residues that recognize allergens from shrimp are implicated in the molecular basis of IgE-mediated shrimp allergy. Heat treatment could alter the conformations of TM allergenic peptides, impact their intramolecular hydrogen bonding, and subsequently decrease the binding between these peptides and IgE. We found Glu98 as the characteristic amino acid residue in the light chain of IgE to recognize general shrimp-allergic sequences, and heat-induced conformational change generally desensitizes shrimp allergens. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c9e55fe1c21140d89caa752b9c70aee82023-11-22T19:27:54ZengMDPI AGNutrients2072-66432021-09-011310339710.3390/nu13103397Molecular Basis of IgE-Mediated Shrimp Allergy and Heat DesensitizationPeiAo Zhang0Jihui Gao1Huilian Che2Wentong Xue3Dong Yang4College of Food Science & Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100083, ChinaCollege of Food Science & Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100083, ChinaCollege of Food Science & Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100083, ChinaCollege of Food Science & Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100083, ChinaCollege of Food Science & Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100083, ChinaCrustacean allergy, especially to shrimp, is the most predominant cause of seafood allergy. However, due to the high flexibility of immunoglobulin E (IgE), its three-dimensional structure remains unsolved, and the molecular mechanism of shrimp allergen recognition is unknown. Here a chimeric IgE was built in silico, and its variable region in the light chain was replaced with sequences derived from shrimp tropomyosin (TM)-allergic patients. A variety of allergenic peptides from the Chinese shrimp TM were built, treated with heating, and subjected to IgE binding in silico. Amino acid analysis shows that the amino acid residue conservation in shrimp TM contributes to eliciting an IgE-mediated immune response. In the shrimp-allergic IgE, Glu98 in the light chain and other critical residues that recognize allergens from shrimp are implicated in the molecular basis of IgE-mediated shrimp allergy. Heat treatment could alter the conformations of TM allergenic peptides, impact their intramolecular hydrogen bonding, and subsequently decrease the binding between these peptides and IgE. We found Glu98 as the characteristic amino acid residue in the light chain of IgE to recognize general shrimp-allergic sequences, and heat-induced conformational change generally desensitizes shrimp allergens.https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/13/10/3397Chinese shrimptropomyosinvariable heavy chainIgEallergy |
| spellingShingle | PeiAo Zhang Jihui Gao Huilian Che Wentong Xue Dong Yang Molecular Basis of IgE-Mediated Shrimp Allergy and Heat Desensitization Nutrients Chinese shrimp tropomyosin variable heavy chain IgE allergy |
| title | Molecular Basis of IgE-Mediated Shrimp Allergy and Heat Desensitization |
| title_full | Molecular Basis of IgE-Mediated Shrimp Allergy and Heat Desensitization |
| title_fullStr | Molecular Basis of IgE-Mediated Shrimp Allergy and Heat Desensitization |
| title_full_unstemmed | Molecular Basis of IgE-Mediated Shrimp Allergy and Heat Desensitization |
| title_short | Molecular Basis of IgE-Mediated Shrimp Allergy and Heat Desensitization |
| title_sort | molecular basis of ige mediated shrimp allergy and heat desensitization |
| topic | Chinese shrimp tropomyosin variable heavy chain IgE allergy |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/13/10/3397 |
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